Hanger mechanism for car-doors.



P. M. ELLIOTT.

HANGER MECHANISM FORCAH OORS. VMPLICATIOII FILED HAY 29. l9l3- Patentd Aug. 27, 1915i.4

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4To all whom z'tmay concern Be i known that I, PERcY M. ELLIOTT,

`a citizen of the United States, and a resident v of Chicago, countyv ofCook, and State' of Illinois', have invented certain new and u`se' ful Improvements 1n` Hanger Mechanlsm for Car-Doors, of which the following is a full,

` clear, and'exact description..

The invention relates vto sliding doors for -railwa -cars and seeks to provide an im' prove track bar andv guard whereby access `oiE dirt `and moisture through the upper portion of the door'opening is effectively prevented. The invention consists in the features of lmprovement hereinafter set forth, illustrated )n the accompanying drawings vandmore particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

igure 1lisa sideelevation of a portion 'of a car body with the present 'improvement applied'thereto. Fi 2 is a detail 'section on the line 2-2' of ig. 1.

The car body is provided with an opening vwhich is closed by a sliding door 11. One of the door ,posts 12 is shown in Fig.

` 2. y As usual, a header`13 forthe door openf i vided with a wardly projecting portion o the header.

The outer, lower portion of the track block is recessedu or4 cut` away to receive the traclr'bar 16. The latter comprises a ver- '.tical jbody" portion or web which abuts against the outer face of the track block and through which `the fastening bolts 17 Vextend. The lower portion of the main body or web of the track bar lextends `loivnwardly below the track block and is spaced from the outer edge of the header 13. lThe track bar is formed of rolled' iron or steel and is provided with upper and lower track flanges 18 and 1.9which upper and lower 'edges of its we or mam body portion.. The track bar` 1s also prodepending guard flange 20 which extends downwardly from the outer edge of the lower track flange and overlaps the upper edgeof the door l1. A coperat-Y ingr guard Abar 21 issecured to the uDDe'r Aform shown, the track b ar has 'through each of the brackets. o

abut against 'the' `by bolts 27.

` e door and f t e track block 15 abuts a ainst this,out,`

l18 is downwardly to' a slight extent, as

project outwardl from the 1Herrcheninncnnmsmrron'can-Doom;v

specification of Letters Patent x Patented Aug. 27., 1918.` Applicatlon'led Kay 29, 1913. Serial No. 770,824.

edge of the" door-and `is preferably in the form of a rolled metal Z-barhaving a flange 22 depending `from its-outer edge Aand a 'flange 23 extending upwardl from its innervedge.; The downturned ange 22overlaps the outer face of the door and is secured,l thereto by bolts 24, and the upturned'flange extends into. the space between theheader 13 and thelower partof theV web or ,body portion ofthetrack bar 16. y y

It 'should be` noted that in the -shaped portions 16', 19 and 2O which over lie and are substantially parallel to the corresponding parts of the Z-bar 21 and these ,parts are arranged closelyadjacent 'andffor'xn a tortuous passage over. vthe upper edge of the door to thereby effectiyely guard yagainst'. the A beating in of cinders and 'moisture .through the upper edgevof the door opening.

The door'is rovided atits upper portion with a pair of lianger brackets 25`wh1ch are secured to its outer face. I Thesebracketsare providedwith rabbeted portions 26,` which fit over the` lower` edge of the flange-22 of. theZ-barand two of the bolts 24-.extend The l'ower portions of the bracket outer face of the car an ar'e secured thereto bracket is outwardly offset and extendsup- "'wardly outside'of the de ending flange 20 of the track bar.

A rol er V29 v1s mounted upon a stud or journal v30 entending inwardlyl from the upplerend ofea'ch bracket and is held in place y a rivet'l extending through the -stud on Journal, and having a` washer 32 on its inner end overlapping the hub of the roller. The rollers are arranged between thetrack flanges 18`I-and 19 of the bar 16 and norma1ly.,`of course, rest upon the lower track flange 19." If the door 1s raised when it is shi of the parts. The upper shown in Fig. 2. The track block 15 is cut away or `recessedto snugly fit the inner'face of the web or niain 'bodyfp project over and tion of the inclined upper flange 1S.` Preferably, as shown, theouter face of the portion the track bar, is outwardly4 and downwardly abut'against the inner porortion ofthe trackbar and to' face of the trackA referred The upper portion 28y of each y ted, the rollers en age V the upper track flange to prevent rub ing# 100 face'of the upper tr'aek 'flange and outwardly incllned of the track block above 30 l a track bar secured t the car body above said door opening and having depending` Z-shaped portions overlying and substan- 21, outside of its upturned flange 23, so that it cannot enter the door-opening.

The construction is such that 'the up er edge of the door is most el'ectively'guar ed against the leaking or beating in of moisture and cinders over the upper edge of the door. At the same time, the arts are so arranged that the door can be s ifted without bipding. g

It is obvious thatchanges may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention defined in the claims. Y

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a car body having a door opening and a sliding door for closing said opening, of 'a rolled metal Z- shaped guard bar secured to and resting upon the upper edge of the door and having a depending flange-overlyin the outer-,face

of the door andan upstan ing flangeiproy closing the same, of. a rolled meta channeljectin upwardly above the door opening, said anges extending the width of the door,

tiallyiiarallel to the corresponding parts of said -shaped 'guard bar, the lower horizontal member of said track bar being below the top of said yguard bar, hangers secured to the Adoor and extending upwardly outside of said'track bar Aand having rollers engaging the same, substantially as described. i

2. The combination with a car body having a door opening and a slidin door for door and extending upwardly. over said guard. flange, rollers on said hangers arranged between said track flanges, and a guard bar extending 'the width of the door and secured to and resting upon the upperedgeof the door and having a flange atl itsrear i edge extending vupwardly behind -said track member, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a car body having a door opening, a sliding door for closn said opening, said car having a track bloc secured thereto above said door opening and a header at the'upper portion ofthe door opening projecting outwardly beneath said track block and overr the. upper edge of the door, a track bar secured to said track block and dependingi below the same to space between the vertical part oi said track bar and said header, said bar having a track flange extending outwardly therefrom and a guard flange depending from said track flange and .overlying the upper portion of said door, a Z-shaped' guard bar secured to the upper edge of the door andhaving an outer? depending flange overlapping and secured to the outer face of thedoor and an inner, upstanding flange extending into the' recess between said track bar and header,

`and hangers on the door having rollers en- W'itnesses y Y J. G. ANDERSON, ELEANOR HAGMON.'

formA a` PERCY M. ,ELLIOTTL` y 

